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HDL Commerce against WooCommerce

Straight to it. Here are the differences, line by line — cost, features, hosting and the time it takes to go live. You decide.

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HDL Commerce Composable SaaS
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WooCommerce WordPress plugin
Capability
HDL Commerce Composable SaaS
WooCommerce WordPress plugin
Cost & hosting
Licence model
A fixed, predictable subscription
A free plugin — but paid add-ons
Hosting & operations Who is responsible?
Included and run for you
Yours or your agency's
Upgrades
Continuous, automatic
Plugin updates can collide
Security & patching
Handled continuously
Your responsibility, plus plugin vulnerabilities
Out of the box
B2B (pricing, agreements, quotes)
Built in
Requires paid add-ons
PIM — product information
Built in
A third-party plugin
Multichannel & markets
Built in
Limited, via plugins
Headless storefront
API-first from the start
Possible but heavy
Integration & technology
Ready-made connectors ERP, payments, shipping
Ready-made
Via plugins (quality varies)
Open APIs REST & GraphQL
Versioned & stable
A REST API exists
Your own development
Open APIs & webhooks
Open source (PHP)
Data access & export
No lock-in
Your own database
Time & support
Time to launch
Days to weeks
Fast to start, expensive to run
Support in Swedish
A Nordic team
Community or agency
Uptime & SLA
99.3% in Sweden
Depends on the hosting

The comparison assumes a typical mid-sized Nordic merchant with both B2B and B2C needs. WooCommerce and WordPress are trademarks of Automattic and the WordPress Foundation respectively.

Count the whole thing, not just the licence.

WooCommerce is free to start with — but the cost moves to hosting, add-ons, security and operations. Here is the honest picture.

HDL Commerce

One predictable price

0% transaction fees
  • ✓ Platform, hosting, security and updates included
  • ✓ No per-order or GMV licence fees
  • ✓ Ready-made integrations — fewer consultant hours
  • ✓ No upgrade projects over time
WooCommerce

Cheap to start, expensive to run

Plugin stack
  • • Hosting, CDN and security on you
  • • Paid add-ons for B2B, PIM and performance
  • • An agency for maintenance and updates
  • • Performance and security risk at scale
Migration

Moving off WooCommerce? We do the heavy lifting.

Our migration team moves products, customers, orders and URLs for you — with SEO preserved and no downtime. A free migration assessment is included.

1

Assessment

We map your WooCommerce store, plugins and integrations. You get a clear plan.

2

Migration

Catalogue, customers, orders and content move across. 301 redirects preserve your SEO.

3

Integrations

We connect ERP, payments and shipping with ready-made connectors — not custom code.

4

Live

We go live together, watch the launch and run the platform from there.

What people ask before switching

Common questions

Do we have to rebuild everything from scratch?+

No. We migrate your existing catalogue, customer data and orders. The storefront is built on our headless foundation, but you keep your content, your URLs and your SEO.

How long does a migration take?+

Most merchants are live in weeks rather than months. The exact time depends on how many integrations you have and how customised your current setup is — the free assessment answers that.

What happens to our WooCommerce plugins?+

Most of what plugins solve in WooCommerce is built into HDL Commerce — B2B pricing, PIM, performance and multichannel. For the rest we have ready-made integrations or open APIs.

Do we own our data?+

Always. Your data is yours. Open APIs and export with no lock-in mean you can take all of it with you, whenever you want.

Where is the platform hosted?+

In Sweden, on green infrastructure, GDPR-safe and with 99.3% uptime. We handle hosting, security and updates.

Next step

See the difference for yourself.

Book a demo with our commerce architects. We show the platform and run your TCO against WooCommerce.